Shasta Dam can be expanded at Trump by provoking concern

Although President Donald Trump still explicitly ordered the Shasta Dam to expand – something that Republican legislators have been considering for decades – the latest actions of their administration signaling that signal that He moves in this directionS

Calm Alastair Bland He explains that the prospect of raising the dam emphasizes the ongoing dispute between farmers, environmentalists and other key stakeholders about the water supply of California and its effect on the fragile ecosystems of the state.

Increasing the shast dam, such as an increase in the height of the dam by 18 feet, would supply more water than the Sacramento River to the Central Valley farmers.

So far Trump has signed executive orders that instruct federal agencies to Give up the environmental rules In order to deliver more water to California manufacturers. Earlier this month, the Budget Budget Budget of the Committee Congress also announced $ 2 billion. “For construction and related activities“This increases the capacity of the water storage facilities of the Federal Reclamation Bureau.

One of the supporters of the expansion of the dam is the water district of Westlands, which provides water to the farmers of the San Joaquin Valley, which grow nuts, fruits, cereals and vegetables. Increasing the volume of the tank would be useful for the ecosystem, according to the area, as it would help to threaten Chinook Salmon’s spawn by keeping the water more cold.

Barry Nelson, an adviser on the Golden State Environmental Association Policy, does not agree.

• Nelson: “The idea that raising the shast will be beneficial for salmon – especially with this set of federal agencies – is absurd.”

Some civil servants have also opposed Expanding the dam in the pastS In 2013, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife stated that the rearing of the dam would have “significant and inevitable effects” on the ecosystem of the Sacramento River.

The members of the Winnemem Wintu tribe, who hold the Sacramento River as sacred, claim that the expansion of the dam will claim for its last remaining territory and may violate the law on the wild and picturesque rivers of the state.

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By a Calletatters higher education reporter Mikhail Zinshteyn:

California Says Its Policy of Granting in-State Tuition to Immigrant Students without Legal Status in the Us “Complies with Federal Law,” Seeking to Repudiate A Recent Trump Executive to Bar states from resolving practiceS

The California Student Aid Commission, which runs state financial aid issued a Note last week This said his policies are legal and notes that 25 countries provide state training to immigrants without law; Some of them are the so -called red states, such as Texas and Utah. The memorandum also cites the decisions of the past state and federal courts supporting the policy of training in the country.

California began to provide a state residence for immigrants without law Following a 2001 state law.S About 60,000 students in California take advantage of the law applied only to public institutions. The state is home to nearly 3 million public colleges and students in general.

Trump’s order has asked why immigrant students without legal status can attend a public college with public education, but students outside the state cannot. His order relies on the interpretation of the 1996 immigration law.

Federal Court of Appeal in 2023 rejected a similar challenge Responded by Trump, it says that the 1996 law “has nothing to say as a rule as” in the country for students without law.

Gajor Gavin Newsom is expected to submit an update to his State budget proposal in January Later this week he called May Revise, stating more details about colleges, prisons, environmental programs, healthcare and more.

Governor’s preliminary budget plan for $ 332 billion in January had a “modest” surplus of $ 363 million, originally estimated for 2025-26. But Newsom warned even then that California’s financial perspective had been sunk by Trump’s expected economic policy and colossal damage from fires in the Los Angeles region.

The state can now face at least $ 10 billion in shortage of budget, reported Politicopartly because of a Budget difference in Medi-Cal and the stock exchange decreases In response to Trump’s tariff policiesS

An updated tax revenue forecast from California from the office of the non-party legislative analyzer is expected to be $ 7.8 billion less than estimated in January. A combination of “stagnant California economy”, stock exchange instability and “Federal Policy’s Last Actions”, brought the office to end that “the path to future growth can be narrow.”

• Jason SisnyBudget Advisor to the California Assembly, In future deficits: “Civil servants will make it difficult to avoid reductions in forecast growth in health and social services programs, as well as higher education programs, housing and natural resources in order to begin to reduce future forecast deficits.”

After a series of storms at the end of the season, California in Sierra Nevada The snow package reached 110% of the average for the state. The director of Alastair and Video Strategy ‘Alastair and Video Robert Meeks has a video segment This critical profit for storing water As part of our partnership with PBS Socal. Watch it hereS

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